The BLM Ely Field Office is scheduled in August 2004 to offer again for competitive sale more than 6,000 acres of BLM-administered public lands in southern Lincoln County.
The 2,009 and 4,357-acre parcels, located about two miles north of Mesquite, Nev., remain unchanged from when they were last offered in October 2001.
The BLM is mandated by Congress, under the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000, to offer for competitive bid 13,500 acres of public lands in southern Lincoln County by October 2005.
The two unsold parcels comprise most of what the BLM Ely Field Office attempted to sell under phase one of Lincoln County Land Act implementation. The third parcel offered in phase one, which consisted of 112 acres, sold almost immediately for nearly 16-percent above its appraised value.
BLM Ely Field Office staff will, upon the successful sale of the two unsold parcels from phase one, prepare to sell the remaining acreage to be offered. A sale date for the remaining public lands has not been scheduled.
For more information about the August sale, contact Dan Netcher, Lincoln County Land Act program lead for the BLM Ely Field Office, at (775) 289-1800.
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